￼Branson's fortune is soaring. Earlier this month he sold his 30% stake in the Virgin America airline for £540m — twice what it was worth in 2014. The Virgin empire covers trains, planes, the internet and space. Virgin Galactic's new spaceship was unveiled in February and christened with a bottle of milk by his son Sam's one-year-old daughter, Eva-Deia. Licensing out the Virgin brand is a huge money-spinner for Branson, 65, via Virgin Enterprises, valued at £1.15bn. The sale of diverse stakes has bolstered his cash reserves to more than £1bn, and his Virgin airline stake is worth £310m. He owns Necker Island, where his daughter, Holly, was married.